Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-08

handsome memento of their regard and friend
snip It is estimated that it will cost over thou
| sand dollars.
THE FUNERAL Of Lieut.. Col R. n. Scott took
| place this afternoon from his late residence on
DeSales street. He was buried with military hon.
| Ors in Oak Hill cemetery. The military escort
started at O'Clock. 1t consisted OF battery Of
tne thlrd artillery and the third artillery band
GIBSON was one OF the pail bearers. The other
pau pau bearers were Adjutant Genera! Drum, General
o General aon 1d heon
WylliS Lyman.
PLEuRo-PNEuMONIA IN MAssACHUsETTs.-Com-
missioner Colman has received from Gov. Ames. OF
Massachusetts, his acceptance OF the rules and
regulations OF the department OF agriculture for
the suppression OF pleuro- pneumonia. Additional
setts. DR.. Salmon, chief Of the bureau OF animal
industry, will go to Massachusetts, to make per-
SOnal investigation.
To INVESTIGATE POSTMASTER HARRrTY-MessrS
Oberly and Lyman, Of the civil service commits
siOn will go to Philadelphia tonight to investi-
gate complaints Of violations of civil service rules
Dy postmaster Harrity, OF Philadelphia, and the
civil service board of examiners of his Office.
THE FUNERAL OF MRS. BEck.-A preliminary
service over the remains Of the late Mrs Senator
Beck will be held at the residence on street this
afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock. The service will be con-
Quoted by DR.. Power, DR.. Bullock, and DR.. Butler,
chaplain OF the Senate The honorary pall-bearers
Invited are Secretaries Bayard and Lamar, AttOr-
ney General Garland, Hon. w. w. Corcoran, Rep
resenative Price, of st. Paul, Senator Blackburn,
Speaker Carlisle and Admiral P: Lee. Senator
Beck and Major and Mrs. Goodloewin accompany
the remains TO Lexington, KY.
CAPTAIN RICHARD W. MEADE and Naval Con-
structor William L. MintOnye, OF the board ap-
pointed by the Secretary OF the Navy to take in
ventory OF the government stores at the various
navy yards, made an Official visit to the naval
academy yesterday.
OUR VESSELS IN AsIATIC WATERs-Rear Admiral
Chandler, commanding the Asiatic station reports
from Yokohama February 10, that the Palo was
| at Tientsn, the Monocacy at Hong Kong, the
Omaha, Essex and Marion at Yokohama and the
Brooklyn was expected there,about April 1. The
heaith OF the officers and crew was excellent.
LAND RESTORED TO ENTRY. - Commissioner
Sparks has ordered the restoration to entry Of
| 1890 acres OF land in the Red City Ciich.) land
district, which were selected in 1871 by the jack
son, Lansing and Saginaw railroad company.
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL yesterday issued an
order directing the postmaster at New York not
to deliver registered mail matter to the British
American Claim agency, the officers OF which are
now in arrest in New York.
ARMY PRoMoTIoNs--The death of Lieut., Col
Scott, Sd artillery, will make the following pro-
| motions: Major La Rhett L. Livingston, 4th ar
tillery, to lieutenant colonel Sd; Capt. Henry c.
III, u.
Frederick Fuger, 4th, to captain.
THE FOREMAN's SALARY-Secretary Whitney has
decided to fix the compensation Of the foreman to
| be appointed at the navy yard ordnance shops
here at not less than per day.
REDEMPTION OF TRADE DOLLARs.-The Treasury
| department has issued circular to holders OF
trade dollars informing them that If they will ad-
wise the United States Treasurer or any OF the SUBJ
treasurers OF the amounts held REDEMPTION viii he
which
received. Trade dollars mutilated, clipped or
| stamped will not be redeemed, but purchased as
bullion If the holders desire to have it so.
EQUIPMENT OF THE NEW CRUISERS. Secretary
OF the Navy is advising with the law officer OF the
| department and Chief Constructor Wilson as to
the ability Of the department to continue the
| work OF construction and equipment on the
cruisers Atlanta, Boston and Chicago. Little work
| remains to be done on the Atlanta, and no inter-
ruptiOn Of the ordnance branch will be caused by
the failure OF the department to secure the apprO-
| priations requested for the completion OF the
cruisers. AS to the construction and steam engi-
neering work remaining to be done on the Chicago
and Boston the Secretary as yet in doubt in re-
| gard to his authority TO direct its continuance
| but Will come to decision in few days.
AN INSURANCE DEcIsION.-The United States Su-
preme Court yesterday decided in the case OF the
| Accident Insurance Company of North America.
plaintiff in error, against Loretta NJ Crandall an
appeal from the United States circuit court OF I'LL
no1s, that If man hangs himself while insane he
hand, nor by self-inflicted injuries and that his
death is not caused wholly In part by bodily in
irmtieS or disease. Crandalls friends get the in
Surance.
WORK ON THE PENSION BUIDINa.-Gen NJ c.
Meigs, the supervising engineer and architect OF
the new Pension building, in his report for the
month OF February to the Secretary OF the Interior
states that the plasterng OF the main walls OF the
great hall has been completed. The decorations
| of the capitals Of the great columns have been
q GALL will no
plastered during the present month. The work OF
laying the floor In the fourth story Is progressing
ated gates for each OF the four gateways They
viii be OF native hard wood and plated glass,
rooms on the fourth door viii ada 10000 SQUARE
feet OF floor for the storing and handling Of files
NAVAL ORDEKs.-Chief Engineer Jno p Kelly
| ordered to the Atlanta; Assistant Surgeon F. w.
| Olcott TO the receiving ship Minnesota; Com
| manderJ J. +. McGeucy detached from command
| Lieutenant Commander VIM. B. Newman, Ueuts.
Jno. A; Rodgers, VIM. B. Capert0n and VIM. E.
seTeI k1signs ryseS s. Nelsop ra Hodges and
Past Assistant Engineers VIM l. Moore and VIM.
| from the OSSipee and placed ON waiting orders:
Paymaster L. A. Frailey from the Ossipee and Or
dered to settle accounts; Capt Jas. II. GilIis de-
| tached as member of board OF Inspection at san
Francisco and placed on waiting orders.
PROPERTY HELD IN CoMMoN-In the q. 8. su-
preme Court, yesterday, Justice Gray delivered
the opinion Of the court in the case Of the exec-
tor OF Elias Speidel deceased, against the trustees
| This was suit brought by former member OF
the community to recover what he claimed as his
| individual share In the cOmmunity'S property
The appellant maintained his suit upOn the ground
that the members OF the society are equitable
ants In common OF the property held In trust, and
that the trust Is unlawful because founded in
fraud and against public policy and should there
fore be dissolved. The court decided that mas
| much as Speidel withdrew from the comm unity in
1881 and never returned to it, he is not now entt-
tied to relief. II he ever had any rights he could
| not assert them after such delay.
PRESIDENTIAL POsTMAsTERs have been appointed
| as follows: John McGOnigle, at San Buenaventura,
Cal, vice Mrs. Jennie Goodwin, resigned; Susan K.
| Burch, at Georgetown, KY, vice Milton Burch.
| deceased; James w. Erickson, at Freehold N. j.,
vice NJ. T. harrington, commission expired; John
| johnson, at Paterson N. J vice John l. COnklin,
commission expired; ChaS. e. Kinder, at MiamiS-
ourg, ONO, vice Henry Bolton, commission expired;
John b. Sackett, at Buffalo, N. Y, vice John NJ
Bedford, commission expired; Henry Davie, at
! Delhi, N. Y, vice II. n. Buckley commission ex-
p1red; Samuel j. Brown, at Havana n. Y, vice M.
II. weaver commission EXPIRED Benjamin Rhodes,
| AT Niagara Falls, n. T., vice Franklin Spalding
| commission expired; Edward j. Wood, at McAlinn.
eral reappointments as presidential p0stmasters
were also made, the Senate having failed to act on
| the original nominations.
| MARRIAGE LIcENsEs.-Marrfage licenses have
been issued by the clerk OF the court to John W.
Pugsley, ol Baltimore, Nd, and Martha e. viands,
/ OF CnariestOwn, w. Va; John B0Ole and Eliza
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